Overview
- New York officially recalled Calum Ritchie on Friday and dressed the 20-year-old center against the Capitals after his travel delay postponed a planned debut the night before.
- Defenseman Marshall Warren was loaned back to AHL Bridgeport to keep the team within the 23-man roster limit following Alexander Romanov’s return.
- Romanov was activated from injured reserve after missing five games with an upper-body injury and rejoined the blue line on the road trip.
- Mathew Barzal returned to the lineup Friday following a one-game disciplinary benching for being late to the team bus, which had initially cleared a spot for Ritchie.
- Ritchie has one goal and two assists in three AHL games and was the key asset from the Brock Nelson trade, while Warren logged two assists in his NHL debut and led Bridgeport in early scoring.